Chapter 11

If others dared to ignore the rules and scheme against him, he would flip the table and smash all those rotten rules to pieces.

Then, he would set new rules according to his own ideas.

Rules themselves were meant to bind the weak. They could barely hold as long as the strong were willing to yield.

Once the strong stopped indulging them, rules became nothing.

Uchiha Senichi: "..."

Uchiha Hao: "..."

The two of them stared wide-eyed at Yan and asked in unison, "Are you kidding? You call breaking through to Kage Level a small goal?"

"So what?"

Yan curled his lip, his face full of disdain. "Dad, you're already at the peak of Elite Jōnin, aren't you? After a year of practicing the Spirit Refining Method, plus the Youth-Version Body-Tempering Medicinal Bath, you should have reached Near-Kage Level long ago, right?"

"Besides, the ocular power of your Sharingan is more than fifty percent stronger than a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. You only need an opportunity to enter the Mangekyo Sharingan. What's so difficult about reaching Kage Level within three years?"

"I was already being polite by not saying one year."

"Hah!"

After hearing that, Uchiha Senichi gave an amused snort. "You brat really do have sharp eyes. Nothing can be hidden from you. That's right, I'm confident I can break through to Kage Level within a year."

He had been stuck there before mainly because his chakra reserves could not keep up.

Or rather, he had been held back by the Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan understood this well. The Sharingan was what had allowed him to rise back then, and now it was what was choking him by the throat.

The Three-Tomoe state was like an invisible threshold, blocking him from a higher realm. His chakra could not undergo a qualitative transformation, and his nature transformation could not advance any further. Everything was tightly locked down by those eyes.

There were too many such examples in the Uchiha Clan's history to count. The limits of bloodlines were simply that cruel.

But the Spirit Refining Method gave him new hope. His spiritual power and physical fitness were steadily improving. As long as he kept at it, breaking this shackle would only be a matter of time. Moreover, the stronger his spiritual power became, the stronger the Three-Tomoe Sharingan grew as well. Even without awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, he still had the confidence to challenge Kage Level.

Uchiha Yan turned to look at his elder brother. "Big Brother, you're at the golden stage where your strength can advance by leaps and bounds. The Body-Tempering Elixir and Spirit Refining Method have both been prepared for you. If you can't even touch the threshold of Kage Level in three years, then I'll really have to wonder if you're stupid beyond saving."

After all, Mikoto had only practiced the Spirit Refining Method for a year, yet she had already awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Uchiha Hao, who was around the same age as her, naturally had not fallen behind. With the Basic Body-Tempering Technique added in, his improvement would only become faster and faster.

Uchiha Senichi and Meixin immediately turned their gazes toward Uchiha Hao.

Uchiha Hao: "..."

He helplessly raised both hands in a surrendering gesture. "Fine, fine. I'll do my best, all right?"

Yet inwardly, he could not help sighing. It seemed he would not have any chance to slack off from now on.

Still, becoming stronger sooner was not a bad thing. His little brother was becoming more and more outrageous. Who knew what kind of trouble he might stir up in the future? As the elder brother, he had to shoulder some responsibility and shield him from the storm.

Seeing that his elder brother had finally shown some ambition, Uchiha Yan's lips curled slightly.

He pulled out a scroll from his robes and handed it over. "Take it. This contains the Basic Body-Tempering Technique and Tai Chi that I recently developed."

"Practice them together. Your taijutsu and physical fitness will improve much faster, and you'll absorb the Body-Tempering Elixir more effectively too. It's yours now, so don't disappoint me."

After saying that, he looked at his parents. "Dad, Mom, you need to practice as well. You can ask Big Brother for the secret technique scroll later. This is very useful, so don't forget."

There was no need to mention his father and brother. Even his mother, with the Spirit Refining Method and Body-Tempering Elixir working together, had already touched the Jōnin level. Her originally two-tomoe Sharingan had also successfully evolved into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

With such excellent foundations, how could they not properly nurture her? In a few years, she would definitely become another Kage-Level combatant.

"A Body-Tempering Secret Technique? That sounds great."

Uchiha Senichi and Meixin's eyes lit up as they nodded repeatedly.

Who would not want their strength to improve faster?

Uchiha Senichi could not help asking another question. "By the way, son, do you have any idea how to advance from Three-Tomoe to the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

If Sasuke could directly awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, he would not need to painstakingly train at all. He could reach Kage Level in one stroke.

That was practically cheating.

The Sharingan was just that absurd.

Upon hearing this, Meixin and Uchiha Hao also turned to look at Yan.

Yan sighed helplessly. "How could it be that easy? I haven't even awakened the Sharingan myself yet."

"Once I awaken it, I might be able to think of a way."

"However, Dad, I don't recommend following those clan predecessors who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan through extreme emotions."

"There are too many problems with a Mangekyo Sharingan forced out that way."

"Not only will it twist your mental state, but you'll never have the chance to evolve it into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan afterward."

"Besides, this kind of Mangekyo Sharingan is far weaker than one awakened naturally."

The examples of the Sage of Six Paths and Indra had long proven that, when conditions were ripe, a Three-Tomoe Sharingan could directly leap into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Yan had considered it before. Put simply, the Mangekyo Sharingan was an inferior product forcibly induced when the necessary conditions were lacking.

Only inferior products needed another pair of Mangekyo Sharingan to supplement their origin and complete the transformation into the Eternal Eye.

Of course, this also involved issues such as bloodline purity.

But Yan did not think those were much of a problem.

With his talent for comprehension, he would eventually develop a method to purify bloodlines.

In fact, he already had quite a few ideas and had collected some crucial data and information.

Most of it had been gathered when he was still a fetus.

After all, the growth process of the bloodline within his own body back then had been the best possible sample.

What he lacked now was firsthand data from the moment he awakened the Sharingan.

Once he crossed that hurdle, the method for purifying bloodlines would naturally fall into place.

"Uh... what's an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

Uchiha Senichi asked with a baffled look.

"Huh?"

Yan froze for a moment, somewhat surprised. "You don't know?"

"I've never even heard of it."

Uchiha Senichi shook his head.

Uchiha Meixin and Uchiha Hao beside him nodded as well.

As for Mikoto, there was even less need to mention her.

"I thought at least Dad would know."

Yan sighed, then continued, "You all know about Uchiha Madara, right? Then do you know that his Mangekyo Sharingan once went blind, but later regained its sight?"

This time, Uchiha Senichi and Meixin nodded together. "We've heard of that. Some books in the clan record it too."

Uchiha Senichi sucked in a breath. "After his eyes recovered, did that pair of Mangekyo Sharingan become the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"How exactly did he do it?"

Only then did the two of them fully understand why Uchiha Madara had become so unusual later on, and why his strength had been so terrifying.

It turned out that the level of his eyes had been completely different.

They were not surprised that Yan knew such secrets.

They only assumed that the boy had found clues in the clan's medical texts and ancient taijutsu manuals.

Combined with that excessively clever mind of his, he had deduced the answer himself.

"That's right."

Yan nodded with certainty. "He regained his sight after evolving his Sharingan into the Eternal Eye."

"As for the method?"

"He used the origin of his younger brother Uchiha Izuna's Mangekyo Sharingan to complete the fusion."

"What?"

All four of them, including Uchiha Senichi, froze.

Senichi's expression changed drastically. "How is that possible? He actually did something like that? I remember your grandfather telling me that Madara and his younger brother were incredibly close. How could he..."

Yan knew what he wanted to say and directly shook his head to interrupt him. "Madara didn't forcibly take them. It seems that when Izuna was close to death, he voluntarily gave his eyes to his older brother."